Not good news for the LHC

Bert delaVega

Wow. I had just read about a transformer (a massive transformer) going bad, and now this. It's to be expected given the complexity of the operation. The History Channel had a great documentary on the LHC a few nights ago. They tried to cram a bit too much science into an hour show but it's still worth watching if you spot it playing.

Paul Conrad

Bert delaVega wrote:

History Channel had a great documentary on the LHC a few nights ago.

Bummer I missed it. I'll be keeping an eye out in case they run the show again :)

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leonej_dt

Damn! This didn't fit my plan! I started borrowing more money than I could pay later, because I assumed that, after the end of the world, that wouldn't matter... ;P

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Mladen Jankovic

Event the end of the world is not reliable anymore, as it used to be.

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Pete OHanlon

I'm sure the treasury (otherwise known as your wife) will bail you out with a leveraged takeover.

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Harvey Saayman

Bwhahahahaha!

leonej_dt wrote:

If you can play The Dance of Eternity (Dream Theater), then we shall make a band.

I can play parts of it :) too lazy / haven't had time to learn it all though...

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Dirk Higbee

it seems to be a faulty electrical connection between two magnets that stopped superconducting, melted and led to a mechanical failure and let the helium out from this article[^] And the best is yet to come. :)

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Pete OHanlon

Paul Conrad wrote:

I'll be keeping an eye out in case they run the show again

It's the History Channel. There will be a repeat.

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Paul Conrad

I'm sure there will be a repeat of it. ---modified Just scrolled through the next several days, no can find. Siberian Apocalypse, about the 1908 fireball in Siberia sounds interesting.

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modified on Saturday, September 20, 2008 4:55 PM

Dirk Higbee

I believe WorldEndEvent is standard in VB20008 :)

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leonej_dt

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

I'm sure the treasury (otherwise known as your wife)

I'm 20 years old and don't have a wife.

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leonej_dt

Harvey Saayman wrote:

haven't had time to learn it all though

I could play the keyboard parts when I was in high school. :-D But I have had enough time to forget them (and did so). :(

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Mladen Jankovic

And presumably they'll get rid of Resume keyword, right?

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leonej_dt

Dirk Higbee wrote:

I believe WorldEndEvent is standard in VB20008

Wow, that's nice. I can't wait to use such a feature!

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Mladen Jankovic

They you better start looking for one ;P

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Harvey Saayman

i know that feeling! Thats why i practice the petrucci stuff alot... its good exercise and that way i wont forget it! Id actually like to learn to play the piano...

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leonej_dt

As far as I know, wifes are not useful for any programming purposes.

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Mladen Jankovic · modified on Saturday, September 20, 2008 4:55 PM

Paul Conrad wrote:

I'm sure there will be a repeat of it.

Yeah, like it was is hard to predict that now, when LHC is out-of-order. :doh:

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Pete OHanlon

It's the history channel that he wants repeating. Not your post.

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